Frustrating February & Shin Splint City

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

Must be premature aging on my part Andy - obviously not enough beer and chocolate in my diet.

I actually managed to get out for a gentle 5km late this evening. Having been another seven days since my previous run, I figured the damn shin would just have to cope with it. So I headed off slow and steady - the shin whinged slightly but didn't dare kick up too much of a fuss, and lo and behold, we got through the 5km without too much trauma! Hoo-blinkin'-ray!

So another 5km goes into the spreadsheet, along with a medium-sized repository of information on heart rates, split times and so on which I won't dare bore you with, and maybe once more I can possibly begin to think of myself as a runner's bootlace again. What a nice thought!

Once again I had the bleeding obvious highlighted for me, viz, if you start out nice and slow, you can finish strongly and run a good time. Maybe this time I'll take note.

Maybe.